TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
There is a very specific schedule for newborn babies born to a mother who has a Hepatitis B infection. For further information, please see the Green Book Chapter 18 from page 19 onwards.
Schedule
The first dose is normally administered at birth in hospital with the 2nd dose at 4 weeks and the final dose at 18 months. The other doses are given at 8, 12 and 16 weeks as part of the childhood immunisations programme.
| NOTE: Children born on or before 30 June 2024 should continue to be offered a dose of monovalent HepB vaccine and a test for HBsAg on or after their first birthday (alongside Hib/MenC and the other vaccines offered at this age. An 18-month DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB vaccine is not required). |
Identifying Newborn Babies At Risk of Hepatitis B
This is normally something that is identified by midwives, but Ardens has the two highlighted reports in the image below that help to identify mothers and babies for review, coding and possible vaccination.
These reports can be found under 'Reporting > Clinical Reporting > Arden's Ltd > Vaccinations > HepB I 4 Review'
Template
An 'Immunisations - Hep B Newborn' template is available which can be found under 'Auto Consultations > Ardens IMMS and INJECTIONS > Hepatitis B Newborn Imms'.
On the template you can record relevant codes around a discussion with the patient, a box to add a PSD and there are quick links to administer the vaccine.
Payment
There is a report for payment for the HEPB002 (Part 2 of HepB) which can be found under 'Reporting > Clinical Reporting > Arden's Ltd > Contracts I 2025 26 I ES and VI > Current month I Predicted to be in extract'
There is also a similar search in the 'Not predicted to be in extract' folder for both current month and previous month. See this support article for more information on these specific searches in this folder.